I am not a breakfast loving gal.
Or in other words, I'm lazy and the thought doing of anything more complicated than drinking a glass of water as soon as I wake up leaves me winded.
It has been the bone of contention between DH and myself. He loves a good breakfast ... and I don't love making it.
I'm just not a morning person. So I can't get more creative than setting down a bowl of cereal in front of him and, if I'm feeling very generous, once in a while I'll butter toast.
I know what you're thinking. But sometimes I do make a special effort and get creative. Lately I've had Tres Leches cake on the brain. Constantly and all-consummately.
I saw another blogger's Caramel Pancakes ...and the idea of combining milk & caramel was all the inspiration I needed to go ahead and create a breakfast version of my favorite cake .
French Toast is always a delicious treat, no matter how you make it. It makes you happy just to wake up, get out of bed in the morning and smile deep down in your heart.
This recipe started out as an experiment because I wanted to see if I could make baked and stuffed French Toast with a Tres Leches twist. And it had to be overnight-french toast because Tres Leches cake requires overnight or at least 5 hr soaking. Quite convenient for me - as I have already established how lazy and unproductive I am in the morning.
It worked so well. And the addition of strawberries made it smell wonderful.
This french toast doesn't need the embellishment of maple syrup, because it is so rich and has just the right amount of sweetness.
But I couldn't leave well enough alone and drizzled it with my homemade Dulce de Leche anyway.
Oh my. Doesn't that make you want to dig in already? In that case: follow me . .
